Clasp-pin.



PATENTED JUNE 25, 1907.

G. E. BURNS. CLASP PIN.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 28,1905.

m: uomws Pzrcns co, WASHINGTON, n c.

GEORGE E. BURNS, OF CENTRAL FALLS, RIIODE ISLAND.

CLASP-PIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 25, 1907.

Application filed June 28, 1905. Serial No- 267,325.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. BURNS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Central Falls, in the county of Providence and State ofRhode Island, have invented an Improvement in Clasp-Pins, of which thefollowing description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, isa specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention in jewelry is shown as embodied in a pin or brooch, andrelates more especially to the means for retaining the pin securelyfastened to whatever garment it may be applied.

I shall use the word pin hereafter to represent the bar that is thrustthrough the fabric upon which the article of jewelry is to be attachedfor use or is to be displayed.

Figure 1 in side elevation shows part of an article of jewelry withwhich my improvement is embodied; Fig. 2 is a right hand end viewthereof; Fig. 3 is an enlarged section in the line 0ca:, Fig. 2; Fig. 4cis a section in line cc ac, Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a side view of thehookpart of my improved catch; and Fig. 6 is two views of the lug part.

In the drawing, A represents the body or exposed part of an article ofjewelry. The body has at its under side the usual split leg (I, toreceive a rivet a to which is pivoted the fabric engaging-pin a Theseparts may all be as usual and they form no part of my invention whichrelates more particularly to the catch-part which I will now describe.

The catch part comprises a bifurcated lug c and a hook 0 having an earThe ear 0 is of a thickness less than the width of the shank c in theline 12, as best seen in Figs. 3 and 4, and said ear is provided with anaperture or recess 0 The bifurcated lug c is rigidly secured to theunder side of the body A in any suitable way, as by soldering, and theear 0 of the hook is received in the slot 6 of the lug.

When the parts are assembled, the top edge 8 of the ear rests againstthe seat 9 constituted by the inner wall of the bridge 10 of the lug,and the face 11 of the shank or stem 12 of the hook rests firmly againstthe rear side 14 of the lug. The hook and its ear are so constructedthat the hook will always be properly positioned byv simply slipping theear 0 between the legs of the lug and bringing the upper edge 8 of theear against the seat 9 and the inner face 11 of the stem of the hookagainst the side of the lug. After the parts are thus assembled, the earis rigidly con nected to the lug in some suitable way, as by one or moreinturned projections 17 made in the walls of said lug by a prick punch,which projections enter the recess or aperture 0", as shown best inFigs. 3 and i.

In my invention, the hook is rigidly secured to the lug and is thereforerigid with the body and because of the construction shown, the said hookmay be readily assembled and rigidly secured in place at a minimumexpense.

It will be noticed, see Fig. 2, that the space between the point of thehook and the lug is a little narrower than the diameter of the pin, sothat when the pin is thrust, in usual manner, into the hook, the hookwill spring a little, and will thereafter prevent the pin from beingwithdrawn from the hook except by overcoming the force of the springwhich may be more or less according to the size of the article ofjewelry.

I have shown herein one embodiment only of my invention.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is 1. In a device of the class described, thecombination with a body having rigid therewith a lug, of a hook separatefrom the lug and provided with an car which is rigidly secured to thelug, and a pin pivoted to the body and adapted to engage the hook.

2. A catch for an article of jewelry comprising a bifurcated lug securedto said. article, and a hook provided with an ear to be received betweenthe legs of the lug and rigidly secured thereto, the upper edge of saidear lying against the inner wall of the body of the lug and the innerface of the stem of the hook lying against the side of the lug.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE E. BURNS.

WVitnesses:

GEO. GREGORY, ELIZABETH R. MORRISON.

